Class Notes - 1970s

1970

Phillip Scott B.A. retired from United Airlines after 35 years. He flew international routes as captain of a Boeing 777. He lives in Seattle.

1971

Richard Moore B.S. (composer and lyricist), Monte Merrick B.A. (screenwriter), David Milholland B.A., David Poulshock B.S. ’70, Cal Scott B.A. ’72, Val Moore B.A. ’70, Jackie Fowler B.S. ’73, and the late Margie Mitchell Dukore B.S. ’72 were all involved in the production of Rain! The Musical, which held a staged reading in February at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in North Portland. The reading was dedicated to the late Pete “Pano” Vlahos B.S. ’57, a former staff member and active alumnus of Lewis & Clark, who passed away December 1, 2012.

1976

Henry Lorenzen J.D. joined the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. He is an attorney with Corey Byler Rew Lorenzen & Hojem in Pendleton, Oregon.

1977

Constance Crooker J.D. wrote an e-book, Melanoma Mama: On Life, Death, and Tent Camping, which “shows the power of the human spirit to soar above the grim realities that come with a diagnosis of stage IV cancer.” She is a retired attorney and professional writer.

Cindy Cumfer J.D. was honored in Queer Heroes NW 2012 for her contributions to LGBTQ equality in the courtroom, workplace, and adoption. Cumfer was one of the first Oregon lawyers to handle domestic partner issues, and she acted as attorney for the first same-sex two-parent adoptions in the United States. Queer Heroes NW is a multimedia celebration of LGBTQ pioneers and leaders sponsored by the Q Center and the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest.

Stuart Jones J.D. was named an Oregon 2012 Super Lawyer by Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine. He is a shareholder at Bullivant Houser Bailey.

Richard Kraus J.D. was elected chair of the American Institute of Appellate Practice. He is a shareholder with Foster Swift Lansing & Smith in Lansing, Michigan.

Alan Larsen J.D. was appointed general counsel to the inspector general for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. Larsen was previously a partner at the firms Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and Cable Huston in Portland.

Thomas Sand J.D. was featured in the Portland Business Journal’s article “Attorneys Question Arbitration’s Cost and Efficiency.” Sand is a partner with Miller Nash in Portland.

1978

Peter Glade J.D. was named an Oregon 2012 Super Lawyer by Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine and was also listed among the top 50 attorneys in the state. He is a shareholder with Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf.

1979

Maggie Englund B.A. is semiretired from full-time classroom teaching. Her many roles include student teacher supervisor, artist in residence, substitute teacher, and math curriculum developer. She is “staying busy … but staying flexible enough to enjoy travel to Kenya on a service trip last August.” She’s looking forward to other trips this year and hopes her classmates are doing well.

Jon Higley B.S. has worked for the past 15 years with a volunteer team trying to break the world’s land speed record with a jet car called the North American Eagle. Take a look at Landspeed.

John Stadter B.A. opened the fourth location of First Call Resolution, a call center and business outsourcing firm, based in Roseburg, Oregon. The business also hit the 800-employee mark. “The larger we get, the more fun it is,” says Stadter. His son, Sam, is headed to Pacific Lutheran University, where he’ll play tennis. “I have mixed feelings about that,” he jokes, “but there was only so much I could do.”

Jack Swenson B.A. and wife Rikki lead photo expeditions and safaris around the world with Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic. They recently traveled to the Galapagos, Costa Rica, and Panama. Swenson’s first trip to Costa Rica was in 1977 through Lewis & Clark’s Overseas Study Program. “It was fun to see some of the places we visited all those years ago,” he says. A future photo safari will include whale-watching voyages in Baja California, another destination he first learned about while traveling with the biology department at Lewis & Clark. “I owe a lot to the biology professors and fellow students who helped show me so many intriguing beauties of the natural world.” View photos from Swenson’s adventures at his blog.

Mark Tratos J.D. was named to the board of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas. A longtime supporter of the arts, Tratos works in the entertainment and intellectual property sections of Greenberg Traurig. A Lewis & Clark trustee, Tratos has chaired the law school’s Board of Visitors since 2011.

Stephen Van Mouwerik B.A. completed his 20th year of working in Oregon agriculture, “harvesting and marketing ag residue and hay for domestic and international cattle markets and, more recently, for biofuel projects in the Midwest.”